正在中国访问的美军参谋长联席会议主席彼得·佩斯23日在北京举行的新闻发布会上表示，他与中国军方领导商谈了建立美中军事热线一事。“希望通过军事热线，增加双方沟通的机会，减少误判，消除误解。” 6 U& J7 ]4 ? ^# v9 T$ V c2 Q9 d) A' \/ G" l9 I 佩斯是应中央军委委员、中国人民解放军总参谋长梁光烈的邀请，于22日开始对中国为期4天的正式访问。中央军委副主席郭伯雄，中央军委副主席、国务委员兼国防部长曹刚川22日分别会见了佩斯。梁光烈与佩斯举行了会谈。 $ z; ^$ u* P* ~. x8 Z - h6 Y: e' ]$ w7 U' c9 u8 B 佩斯说，他们讨论了通过其他途径增进两军间的信任，比如，互相观摩军事演习，共同参加人道主义救援，增加军官交流等。 " V% G! Z/ B4 B* G, b# R$ A K$ |6 w s Q
佩斯一行是今年访华的第一个美国高级军事代表团，也是佩斯2005年就任美军参联会主席以来首次访华。1 f" I; q3 a5 N* t
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. x4 t# u/ Q6 a3 b6 MBEIJING — China's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.S. Army and may be inching closer to setting up a “hotline” for emergency communication with Washington, the top U.S. general said Friday.0 E) i9 J0 W: e8 [3 K
7 a" H+ c% X% s2 c+ N S: s- l8 JHowever, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he received no new information in meetings with Chinese military chiefs about Beijing's test of an anti-satellite weapon in January that raised concern in Washington. He said he continued to press China's generals for more transparency about the aims of their military buildup. 4 s! j& G9 a/ `6 w5 x, j# S6 T% V+ A
“I used the example of the anti-satellite test as how sometimes the international community can be confused, because it was a surprise that China did that, and it wasn't clear what their intent was,” Gen. Pace said.- w- r( `+ @/ S4 W# R* }
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Gen. Pace said he immediately agreed to study the proposals put forward Friday by Gen. Liang Guanglie, chief of the PLA's General Staff Department. Liang's move suggested a departure from the skepticism with which the highly secretive People's Liberation Army has long regarded co-operation with the U.S. military. - l: {# w3 z8 l, S+ l; Q3 _3 @+ j" b* {. Q1 t3 S4 q0 Q" o% }" V9 F$ A
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing. . b$ Q. F. V0 c" Z! s $ r: W* S2 E; aGen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.”! D; l: C& \* C' R
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Military exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base.2 C5 y& R" M2 t1 }
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During that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership. ; [2 B% ~0 H& E& n ) m+ W/ S k8 k u- T2 jGen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction. ; s# ?+ r1 ^, G4 B+ M" d a% ] x; _* a) ~
“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said. 8 r0 V" X4 n$ u( t ~5 B: Z, P6 M% Z A7 v2 }0 i4 Q5 `
Deep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover. 6 l3 ]8 l& h) w; `' B9 i: ~3 u U& z, N. O1 N) `
China has complained about U.S. plans to sell a batch of more than 400 missiles to Taiwan, but Gen. Pace said he had no details and didn't indicate whether the deal was mentioned in discussions.% s# U4 [' ?$ X9 H- f
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The general didn't say how the Chinese officers responded to his calls for more transparency. China raised its military budget by 17.8 per cent this year to about $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high. 4 X. _6 G* j, }; ` W" ^8 X; L: TThe spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces.6 k; c, V/ d! ~
7 [4 d; a$ Q* o3 N" E 1 U0 V/ _4 ]0 f" ?) [, p, s ; g! ]) K$ j) u2 z! o7 A# \0 F 1 p6 r) i7 @" T) d3 |Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace inspects the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Beijing March 22, 2007.
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